Mascoutah Elem School, Mascoutah IL

Original Research by School Decision on Mascoutah Elem School

Mascoutah Elementary School is a regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in a small Metro East Illinois city, roughly an hour east of St. Louis, with close ties to Scott Air Force Base. The school enrolls a moderate-sized cohort of students across its grade band, with the majority white, and a meaningful representation of students from Black, Hispanic, and multiracial backgrounds. Free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility data was not available, so a parent may want to check with the school directly about the socioeconomic profile of the population it serves.

The most recent state assessment data from 2024-25 shows a school performing above the midpoint among districts in St. Clair County. In third-grade math and English language arts, the school achieved strong proficiency rates. Fourth-grade math dips somewhat, while fourth-grade ELA remains solid. Fifth grade shows a wider split: ELA performance stays strong, but math proficiency falls to around two-thirds of students meeting standards, and science proficiency sits at roughly the same level. The school's overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it in the top quartile within St. Clair County. Testing participation rates are near universal, signaling consistent assessment engagement.

Mascoutah Elementary is one of three elementary schools in the district. The school sits in a growing residential community where new housing construction is active and families are attracted by military affiliation, local heritage, and accessibility to regional employment. The town has expanded substantially in recent years, creating capacity pressures that district leadership has addressed through renovation and expansion work. The district earned federal recognition: Mascoutah Elementary was named a National Blue Ribbon School for 2024-25 by the U.S. Department of Education, a credential that reflects sustained academic quality and instructional practice. The school has also undergone curriculum development work as part of broader district initiatives.

On the fiscal side, the district has held a low property tax posture for families, maintaining the lowest school tax rate in St. Clair County for multiple consecutive years and continuing to decrease it year over year. That matters for families weighing a move. The district is executing a multi-phase facilities plan: Mascoutah Middle School has completed significant additions and renovations including a new kitchen and multipurpose dining space, and the board approved a three-phase renovation of Mascoutah Elementary, signaling ongoing investment in plant and infrastructure as enrollment grows.

The school does not serve middle or high school grades, so no graduation rate or secondary assessment results are reported. Civil-rights outcome data, chronic absenteeism rates, and special-population counts were not available in the public record reviewed. A parent interested in those details should contact the school or district directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 383%

School 83% · District 70% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

Grade 475%

School 75% · District 70% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 58% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 39 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 376%

School 76% · District 74% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Grade 478%

School 78% · District 79% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 581%

School 81% · District 82% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Science

Grade 565%

School 65% · District 65%

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

This schoolMascoutah CUD 19, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.